That's absolutly fantastic. My next unit is definatly going to be a Mac desktop.As you stated the components are of very high quality, and the audio controllers are great. Another cool thing about Macs is that they have no fans, and are absolutly quiet for audio recording.
Plus the financing options are great for you folks in the states.I believe I was quoted about $30 a month for my mac book pro, to which I couldn't take advantage of here in Canada since they currently don't offer this option.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 10:22 AM To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mac support for CakeTalking and Sonar
Yep. Running a Mac Pro here that multiboots. I'm way passed dual. *laugh* Right now, I have 4 OSes installed on the internal hard drives, plus another on an external drive that I use for maintenance tasks. It absolutely works. When you install Windows on drives with BootCamp, they automatically show up in the EFI boot manager. If you hold down the option key when the Mac starts up, you get a list of all of the installed OSes on all recognized drives, and you just pick one to boot it. On mine, I have two Windows 7 installs, one with my stable setup, and one where I experiment. Same thing with the mac: one stable install, and one experiments OS.The Macs are expensive, but they use quality components, and work just fine as Windows machines, if you need them too. They use RealTec high def audio controllers (which have great support in Win 7), Nvidia graphics, , Intel for network, SATA, and most other system controllers, Texas Instruments Firewire, etc.Your only catch if you want to run both Pro Tools and Sonar at the same time is to be sure that you have audio interfaces that work with both. Sonar supports lots of different audio interfaces, but Pro Tools is very picky. Some M-Audio interfaces work. Some interfaces from Lynx work. A very few of the new Mackie mixers with built-in audio work. And, of course, the pricy Avid interfaces work, but those don't work well with Sonar. So, you can do it, but you need to research your choices first.Bryan -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike CSent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 4:47 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mac support for CakeTalking and SonarHI there brandin, personally I have a Mac systemw ith Sonar, and Caketalking, along with a motu, and v-studio 100 sound card, and all of my gear is working smoothly on the duel boot system. I think who ever told you that it wouldn't work smoothly is giving you the wrong information. The problem in which the duel system doesn't work properly if lets say you are running Desktop parellel, and or Fusion, then I wouldn't recommend this system is the drivers on some sound cards, and midi gear simply don't work smoothly. However if you set up a duel boot, your booting streight in to windows your system works just like a Pc as all new Macs use the same Pc components. Another thing to note is that if you are using Jaws and Caketalking on the Windows side of things on the Mac you will definatly need a full size desktop keyboard to operate properly. Infact My mac running Windows works better then the Pc desktop that I have. Finally when I installed Windows as a separate boot on my Mac and install all the drivers provided from the Mac Cd, my system worked like a charm.Hope this helps.P.S. pro tools answer in telling your teachers that they wouldn't make their effort to make their software accessible since Sonar is more accessible, is just a cop out from Avid's side. I'm only hoping the the 508 code comes in to effect with the Avid Folks in the future.From: Brandon Keith <mailto:brandonboy13@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 12:46 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mac support for CakeTalking and SonarI'm dealing with this problem atm... My schools recording studio is all Pro Tools based and my stuff is Sonar based. So what we have Hypothesized would be the best thing to do would be to have a fire-wire drive so we can transfer from 1 computer to another. I was told that having the dule-boot-up system would not be the best thing because there was some problems with all the hardware and whatnot not working smoothly. But My teachers have been talking to the guys at Avid who are in charge of the accessibility on Pro Tools and they said there wouldn't ever be full accessibility for Pro Tools because for one it's not worth their time, and second they don't want to compete with Sonar which already is way more accessible than pro Tools could be in a long time.So I'd advise getting your own custom built DAW with Sonar.And BTW I think the person you are wanting to be would be a mixer... I believe mastering usually comes along with that, but here where I am you go to a group of people for recording, go to another person for mixing then for mastering, then you go to your producer if you have one and they say yes or no then depending on what other people you have on your production loop it gets printed. So the guys who add affects like that are usually the mixers. Mastering is more of the details, after it gets mixed there is still like a vibe that needs to be gotten out of the sound and a feel that the music needs to send out and the mastering guy amplifies that. But basically (I know here) you should know how to do everything at least a little... I'm more in the mixing, mastering and performing stuff, but I still do miking and engineering if I can... :P Hope this helps and sorry for my long sentences...Brandon Keith Check out MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brandonkeithcom Also add me on facebook! brandonkeith From: Cameron <mailto:cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 9:15 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mac support for CakeTalking and SonarHi. So you could have a dual boot machine of course. Sometimes you need to use another OS for some tasks, so, you'd have it there if required.For example, you could have pro tools on the mac OS X side, and, sonar on the windows side.Cameron.From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of nevilleSent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 12:12 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mac support for CakeTalking and Sonar What would be the purpose for doing that?May the peace of God which passes all understanding guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. God bless you!Music soft sacred and soulful Website http://www.nevillepeter.com email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone 407-222-4488 ________________________________From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin GibbsSent: Friday, August 27, 2010 3:31 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mac support for CakeTalking and SonarSonar is a Windows only product. It is possible to run Windows on a Mac. that requires a separate Windows partition running under Bootcamp or VM Fusion. Your Mac behaves as if it were a Windows PC when this partition is invoked.Kevin -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chelsea DyeSent: Friday, August 27, 2010 2:00 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Mac support for CakeTalking and Sonar Hi list,I'm considering getting a Mac, and was wondering what support is available for Dancing Dots products. Also, can Braille displays such as the one that is part of the Pac Mate work with Macs?Thanks, Chelsea PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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